The Collaborative International Dictionary
Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[=a]rle['a]c; gar spear, lance + le['a]c leek. See Gar, n., and Leek.]
(Bot.) A plant of the genus Allium ( A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.
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A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.]
--Taylor (1630).Garlic mustard, a European plant of the Mustard family ( Alliaria officinalis) which has a strong smell of garlic.
Garlic pear tree, a tree in Jamaica ( Crat[ae]va gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste.